gevira · lady, mistress

What it means

gevira (גְּבִירָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lady, mistress”.

Lady: the leading woman of the king's household, whether his chief wife or the queen mother; also the mistress of a female slave.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The queen or queen mother; a slave woman's mistress.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×2
• 2 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Jeremiah×2

• 1 Kings 11:19

  And Hadad found great favor in the eyes of Pharaoh, and he gave him a wife: the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the lady.

• 1 Kings 15:13

  And also Maacah his mother he removed from being lady, because she had made a horrid image for Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron.

• 2 Kings 10:13

  and Jehu found the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah and said, “Who are you?” They said, “We are the brothers of Ahaziah, and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the lady.”

• 2 Chronicles 15:16

  And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being lady, because she had made for Asherah a horrid image; and Asa cut down her horrid image, ground it to dust and burned it at the brook Kidron.

• Jeremiah 13:18

  Say to the king and to the lady: “Humble yourselves, sit down, for from your heads has come down the crown of your beauty.”

• Jeremiah 29:2

  after Jeconiah the king had gone out, and the lady, and the court officials, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen and the smiths, from Jerusalem,